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Careers & Volunteering

Will you join us? ARC teams are reimagining humanitarianism for the 21st Century. We are on a mission to transform our work to be more human, impactful, relevant and authentic. The world’s problems are tougher than ever, but we also see an unprecedented opportunity to bring a world full of amazing people together to work on these hard challenges.

Let’s Do Something

ARC often hosts events and opportunities open to the public, and we speak to community groups all the time. We also love new ideas and the chance to work with new people and groups to make change in the world. You can find ways to get to know us and get involved or reach out to an ARC team member to simply ask a question or inquire about how we might work together.

Many Ways to Give

We believe that giving is an incredibly personal experience – and that’s why people choose to give in so many different ways. But deciding how to give can also be an overwhelming experience. We’ve compiled some of the most common ways that people choose to support refugees and the American Refugee Committee. Please use the information provided as a guide but know that at the American Refugee Committee we remain open to new and different ways of giving.

Social Enterprise

At its core, a social enterprise is a business. But, it’s a business with a purpose. Created to further a social goal, the main reason social enterprises exist is for social impact with an eye toward financial viability. Social enterprises have the potential to offer alternative, sustainable solutions to typical models of aid, changing the narrative of what’s possible.

Business To Reduce Childhood Mortality

Asili is ARC’s social enterprise in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s a startup with social impact, bringing remarkably high quality services to communities in Eastern Congo. With three business lines – provision of clean water via conveniently placed water taps, world class primary health care services, and an agricultural cooperative – we’re creating healthier, more resilient, and economically empowered communities in Eastern Congo. Asili is scalable, offering a portfolio of market-driven businesses that evolve according to each new community.

Each Asili “zone” will be profitable within the first three years, servicing approximately 10,000 customers per zone. And, all businesses operate on a mobile platform, making customer service and health data easy to track and respond to. In existing Asili zones, people have access to income-generating crops, clean, safe water is being delivered directly to villages, and quality primary health care, overseen by an experienced doctor, is now an accessible reality. As we expand, the social enterprise will grow and respond to the unique needs of each new community, with the potential to fundamentally change how we view the underserved in Congo.

Trying New Models

As we continue to experiment in social enterprise, we’re looking toward other business-driven opportunities around the world. One of those opportunities is helping boda boda drivers – motorcycle taxis – in Uganda build a business model that is both profitable and can help prevent violence against women and girls. We call this program Safe Rides, and the idea is to offer reliable, consistent, and safe motorcycle rides to women and girls living throughout Kyangwali refugee settlement in Uganda. With our trusted brand name and employees who are trained in violence and abuse prevention, we hope that Safe Ride boda bodas will be the preferred transportation of choice in Kyangwali. We’re still in the early research and prototyping stages of Safe Rides, but so far it’s been met with huge amounts of enthusiasm from customers, investors, and the drivers themselves.